aligeirar
Portuguese, verb/a.li.ʒe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
aligeirar is spelled A-L-I-G-E-I-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 122,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aligeirar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to lighten (make light in weight)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar ligeiro”.
What does aligeirar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lighten (make light in weight)
- 2
to lighten (make less serious)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar ligeiro 2. apressar 3. agilizar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aligeirar
- aligeiro first-person present singular
- aligeirei first-person preterite singular
- aligeirado participle past
- aligeirares infinitive second-person singular
- aligeirarmos first-person infinitive plural
- aligeirardes infinitive plural second-person
- aligeirarem infinitive plural third-person
- aligeirando gerund
- aligeirados masculine participle past
- aligeirada feminine participle past
- aligeiradas feminine participle past
- aligeiras indicative present second-person
- aligeira indicative present singular
- aligeiramos first-person indicative plural
- aligeirais indicative plural present
- aligeiram indicative plural present
- aligeirava first-person imperfect indicative
- aligeiravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aligeirar?
- Brazil /a.li.ʒe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.li.ʒe(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)]
- /a.li.ʒe(j)ˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aligeirar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aligeirar in Portuguese?
aligeirar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).